Printing-form and means of ruling same



W. C. HOLLISTER. I PRINTING FORM AND MEANS OF RULING SAME. APPLICATIONFILED JULY 29,1918.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1918. I

' Patented May 17, 1921.

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1w! 15 1mm mm: )mnu WILLIAM C. HOLLISTER, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORT0 CHICAGO LINO-TABLER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

. EBINTING-FORM AND MEANS OF RULING SAME.

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Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Original application filed January 29, 1918, Serial No. 214,379. Dividedand; this application filed July 29, 1918. Serial No. 437,124o

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. HOL- LISTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing- Forms andMeans for Ruling Same, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the production of ruled printing forms and hasto do particularly with the making of slugs or bars for use in aprinting form for producing or printing cross or horizontal lines asdistinguislied from vertical lines. A further feature of this inventionrelates to the production in such cross line printing members of notchesor openings, spaced in accordance with the requirements of theparticular as railroad time tables and the like, the

vertical rules or lines are frequently spaced apart at varying intervalsto suit the col- ,umns of figures which are to be produced and it isdesirable, in order that the finished product be what is desired, thatthe cross rules or lines be closely and accurately matched with thevertical rules.

One method formerly used for producing this result was to insert thinfull depth rules between the printing slugs, cutting the inserted rulesinto short pieces for insertion between the vertical rules. This was alaborious, slow, inaccurate and expensive method.

Another method was to cast a cross rule intact from end to end and thencut or broach rule receiving notches or openings in the rib on the upperedge of the rule. This latter was some better than the former method butrequired avdouble handling of the rules and use of some other tool,beside the linotype machine upon'which the rules were cast, such as abroaching device.

Another method was to cast the rules upon the linotype machine withopenings in their edges properly spaced and having overhanging walls tohold the vertical rules in place. The objection to this method was thatthe notch producing matrices had to have movable parts in order thatthey might be with drawn from the slugs in the casting operation and inconsequence these matrices were frequently out of order and wouldoftennot work properly, thus causing much annoyance and expense. Y

Thls present application is a division of my copending application forLetters Patent of the United States on ruled type forms and means forproducingthe same, filed January 29th, 1918, Serial No. 214,379 and incombination with the rule anchors de scribed and claimed in saidoopending application provides a system for ruling printing forms whichavoids all of the detrimental features of the former methods, besidespossessing many inherent advantages, such as a great saving of time, andhence of expense, over the former systems the accuracy with which thecross rules with the spaced notches for the vertical rules can be-produced, and the ease with which a form can be taken apart and thewire-like vertical rules removed when the form has served its purpose.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification and'in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a small blank printing form t pical ofthose which are adapted to be. pro need by means of my invention; g v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the slu s with the notches;

ig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of a linotype mold and associatedparts illusti'ating the manner of producing the ruled s u s; I

ig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the type form 'on theline 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is 'a perspective view of one of my improved cross rule castingmatrices;

*ig. 6 is a side elevation of a set of my improved matrices, such as Iprovide for each linotype machine; and v Fig? is a fragmentary plan viewof aprinted ruled sheet shown inblank and such as is adapted to beproduced by the use of my invention. i

In said drawings, 1 is a printing form made up of a number of blanklinotype slugs 2, several continuous cross rule printing slugs 3 and twoof my improved. notched cross rule printing slugs 4:-

The form is completed by the vertical rules 5, 6, 7 and 8 which arearranged in their notches 9 and 10 inthe cross rules. Theseverticalrules are all slender wire-like rules adapted .to be laid on andsupported by the level top surface 11 of the form, to be retainedlaterally by being placed in the notches formed in the cross rules 4 andto be held on the surface of'the form by rule fasteners 12, which I termanchors and which are fully described and claimed in myr said copendingapplication. I

he vertical rules 5, 6, 7 and 8 which I use are all substantiallytriangular in cross section and the anchors 12, as best shown in Fi 4,are thin sheet metal members ada ted to Iiang between adjacent slugs inthe orm and are provided in their ends with narrowmouthed wide-bottomedopenings 13 and 14, for receiving and engaging the rules. The rules 5, 6and 8 are each nearly an approximate equi-lateral triangle incrosssection, varying from such only to the extent necessary to provide theprinting edge desired, either black face rule 5, double line rule 6, oran 'ordinary line rule 8. These three rules are uniform as to width ofbase and are each adapted to be received in the wide notches 14 in theanchors, whereas the rule 7 has a narrower base and is adapted to beused in situations where there is not room for the wider rules and it isadapted to be received in the narrower notches 13 in the anchors.

The anchors, while very thin, still occupy some space and when a form isbuilt up without vertical rules extending to the side of the form, asshown in Fig. 1, I insert a thin sheet metal filler 15 between the slugsin line with the row of anchors for holding the form in properrectangular position when locked in the chase for use.

I In order to produce the notched cross. rule 4 on an ordinary linecasting machine, such as a linotype, which uses matrices for producingthe desired printing edge on the slugs, I provide a series of rulecasting matrices 16, see Fig. 6.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a single matrix 17 such as I have providedfor casting the cross rules. .1

The set shown at 16 is composed of a series of'rule casting matrices 17which vary from 6 points to 36 points. Each of these matrices 17 has thegeneral shape of the usual linotype matrix, but instead of beingprovided with a letter or character-forming recess in its side, Iprovide it with a rule forming slot or groove 18 which is adapted toproduce a longitudinal printing ridge or rule on the printing edge of alinotype slug when used in a linotype machine. I usuallv provide eachmatrix 17 with two parallel rule grooves 18 and 19 adapted as in theinstance shown to produce different forms of rules. The groove 18 isadapted for producing a black-face rule and groove 19 for making ahairline rule, and the two are arranged in the usual manner, as iscustomary in the linotype art as regards two letter matrices.

As best illustrated in Fig. 3, in order to 4 is cast and 26 the visejaws between which the lineof matrices are clamped during the castingoperation.

The linotype machine and its casting operations are so well known in theart that it is not thought necessary to further describe or illustratethe machine.

I assemble the several matrices 17 and the blank matrices 20 and 21 inaccordance with the ruled form which is to be made, to provide notches,either 9 or 10, as may be necessary, and at the proper distances apart.

The several matrices 17 in series 16 vary from the narrowest one whichis 6 points, to 13 points, by single points and I provide thickermatrices of 18, 24, 30 and 36 points, respectively, so that by the useeither of single matrices or proper combinations of more than onematrix, I am enabled to provide .cross rules having notches forreceiving the have parallel vertical side walls. This permits withdrawalof the matrices from the east slug without damage to the slug, it also Ipermits the vertical rule to be laid down on the form in the notchesreadily, easily, quickly and without any difiiculty. u

A further advantage which is inherent in this improved system of rulingprinting forms is the ease with which the printing form can be takenapart when it is desired to remelt the type metal of which the form iscomposed.

As the vertical rules are held on the form merely bythe anchors 12, itis clean-that when the form is removed from the chase, the slugs betweenwhich the anchors hang can readily and easily be separated sufiiclentlyto permit the lifting of the vertical rules off .of the form. theattached anchors being withdrawn with the rules from between the slugsof the form. These used The blank matrices and 21 are of twothicknesses-the thicker matrix 20 being used and benefits arising fromits use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1., A series of matrices for use in producing printing slugs withlongitudinal printing ribs and having rule-receiving notches in the ribsextending down to the shoulder of the slug, said series of matricesvarying in width from a minimum width to a maximum. width by uniformincrements of one point, viz. .014, thereby permitting the associationof the matrices in groups to produce desired lengths of sectionsot'printing rules between notches varying by like differences.

2. In a linotype machine. a line of assembled matrices for use with amold for producing a printing slug having a longitudinal line-printingrib provided with spaced pa 'allel sided rule-receiving notchesextending from the printing edge down. to

the shoulder of the slug. said line of matrices comprising a series ofgroups of line.

producing matrices. each grou comprising one or more matrices selectedrom a series varying in thickness from a minimum thickness to a maximumthickness by increments of one point (.014), and blank matrices betweenthe groups for producing the said' notches. I

3. A series of matrices for use in producing slugs with longitudinalribs provided with rule receiving notches,such series varying in widthby uniform increments from a relatively narrow width to a-relativelywide width, whereby any desired length of rib increasing by points fromone 6 polnts long to one 36 points long and longer can be produced.

l. A series of matrices for use on a printing-slug casting machine, theindividual matrices of the series being duplicates of each other exceptas to width of face, each provided in its face with a rule forminggroove adapted to form a pr1n t1ng r'ule longitudinally on a slug, thematr ces in the series varying from 6 points wide to 13 points by singlepoints and a plurality of wider faced matrices, the whole being capableof being collectively arranged to produce longitudinal printing ribs onslugs varying from 6 points long to 36 points long by single points.

5. In a linotype machine, groups of assembled rule castlng matrlces,each group comprising one or more matrices selected from a seriesvarying in thickness from 6 points to a wider width by single points andby larger increments to a relatively wide width and whereby each groupis adapted to produce a line section of any length from 6 points or1onger, varying by single points, groups separated by blank matricesadapted to produce rule receiving notches between the groups, whichnotches extend from, the printing edge tothe shoulder of the slug.

6. In a printing slug casting. machine, a

line of assembled matrices comprising a' number of blank matrices ofdefinite width for producing transverse ruled receiving notches in thepr1nt1ng portlon of a slug to be cast, the blank matrices being spacedapart distances in accordance with the point? system of measurement, andassociated matrices filling in the spaces between the blanks, theassociated matrices being selected from a series of matrices varyingfrom six points in width to thirteen points in width by single' points,and a pluralityof wider matrices of such widths that sections or groupsof any length .from six points up, varyin by single points can beproduced, each 0 these several associated matrices having inits face across notch so arranged thatthe slug to be cast shall have continuouslongitudinal projections occupying the spaces between the notchesproduced by the blank matrices. V

7.'In a printing slug casting machine, a line of assembled matricescomprising a number of blank-matrices of definite width for producingtransverse ruled receiving notches in a longitudinal line of printingrule to be formed upon a printing slug, the

blank matrices being spaced apart distances inaccordance with the ,pointsystem of measurement, and associated matrices filling in the spacesbetween the blanks, the associated matrices being selected from. aseries of matrices varying from six points in width to thirteen pointsin width by single points, and a plurality of wider matrices of suchwidths that sections or groups of any length from six points up 'aryingby single points can be produced. each of these several associatedmatrices having in its face a cross rule producing depression soarranged that the slug 'to be cast shall have continuousline printingprojections occupying the spaces between the notches produced by theblank matrices;

In witness whereof I. hereunto subscribe my name this 26th day of July,A. D. 1918.

VILLIAM C. HOLLISTER.

